Cub Swanson

When someone throws a power shot and you want to counter, you have to lean into it as you block it so that you can come right out with what you are throwing. If you roll away or lean back, it's going to knock you off balance, and you won't be able to counter the punch. Being able to do that comes from experience, and life is the same exact way.

American Mixed Martial Artist

Oleksandr Usyk

There are two different kinds of spectacular fighters. One is a subtle counter puncher who shows the work like chess. It's kind of an art, sports art. The other kind is when a guy has blood on all his body. That's a second kind of spectacular fighter, and people enjoy both. Both kind of fighters need to be respected.

Ukrainian Athlete

Jinkx Monsoon

Don't be afraid of wearing a lot of makeup. Like, a lot. Your eyes deserve to be showcased. I think it's important to just remember that whatever you think you hate about yourself, there's a way to counter that with makeup and make that part of you beautiful.

American Entertainer

Ali Fazal

In Bollywood, we are told exactly what to do and how to do it and not to counter things by saying there's a better way. We make our actors feel important by paying them more. But the real deal is when you let the actors take some decisions on the sets.

Indian Actor

Jim Watkins

My company has no intention of deleting constitutionally protected hate speech. I feel the remedy for this type of speech is counter speech, and I'm certain that this is the view of the American justice system.

American Businessman

Samuel Fuller

Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters.

American Director

Tennys Sandgren

Are you going to get offended when someone says something that is counter to your worldview? I think you need to be willing to change your worldview or, at least, be open to other people's ideas.

American Athlete

Sarah Drew

If I get recognized, it's because someone notices me at the checkout counter at the grocery store. I really live a very normal life and have been able to keep my privacy.

American Actress

Jay Leno

I went into a McDonald's yesterday and said, 'I'd like some fries.' The girl at the counter said, 'Would you like some fries with that?

American Comedian

Nicholas Johnson

Taxing poor families runs counter to decades of effort to help people lift themselves out of poverty through work.

American Public Servant

Often used for where transactions happen, like in stores or banks.

Physical Spaces

Typically found in kitchens, bathrooms, and places of business.

Common Locations

Indicates an action or argument directly challenging another.

Opposition Action

Suggests a responsive measure taken quickly to an action.

Immediate Response

In computing, counters can track events, not just numerical values.

Not Just Numbers

Used when refuting points in debates or discussions.

Debate Situations

Implies moving or facing the opposite way; against the usual.

Contrary Direction

Often combined with 'clockwise' to mean the reverse direction.

Common Pairings

 and they served ice cream from behind the counter in these giant, five-gallon, cardboard tubs. And someone told me -- I was eight years old -- someone told me that when they were done with those tubs, they washed them out and kept them in the back, and if you asked they would give you one. It took me a couple of weeks to work up the courage,

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 But for people who have experienced the hormonal effects of menopause, the higher pitch is countered and outweighed by swollen vocal folds. The folds' increased mass slows their vibrations, resulting in deeper voices. All these symptoms are further complicated by having fewer healthy laryngeal nerve endings,

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 that falls off the counter, which is very, very important. But these immediate effects are transient, they help you right after. What you have to do is do what I did, that is change your exercise regime, increase your cardiorespiratory function, to get the long-lasting effects.

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 Aerobic exercise has been shown in many studies to decrease amyloid beta in animal models of the disease. So a heart-healthy Mediterranean lifestyle and diet can help to counter the tipping of this scale. So there are many things we can do

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 So I got out of the truck and I got to work. I went to my first bag with the birch. I pulled the bag off. I ran my Geiger counter over its leaves. Kkhh! Perfect. The birch had taken up the radioactive gas. Then the moment of truth.

How trees talk to each...

 and polluting communities around the world. Moving forward, a great way we can counter this plastic pollution is to reduce the amount of single-use plastics we use. By opting, instead, for reusable alternatives

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 Except, online, the digital technologies are not just ads. Now, to understand that, let's think of a physical world example. You know how, at the checkout counters at supermarkets, near the cashier,

We're building a...

 typically when we observe landscapes we observe them over years decades and centuries we then make very large infrastructural moves that are aimed to either counter or promote a very

Creating living...

 I'll wait to see if that's the case. But in my world where we control the reins of power, we would do more. The birth control pill would be available over the counter.

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 there's nothing on film running and running and running with nothing before they leave base camp tarah is doing a counter up of all the animals

Counter

A flat surface which meals are prepared, articles are sold, or business is done.

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A thing that opposes or prevents something else.

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A device for counting or recording the number of times something happens.

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To act in opposition to something.

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In the opposite direction.

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Physical Spaces

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